Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 24 hours, you know that Katy Perry arrived at last night’s Met Gala in bejeweled and feathered Versace wings. Raising the bar for fashion memes and giving the night its most gleefully over-the-top moment, Perry’s wild look has already been dissected in tweets, Instagram stories, and blog posts—but no one can fill you in on the details better than the woman herself. Taking Vogue along for the ride as she prepped for red carpet glory, Perry provides a bird’s-eye view (pun intended) of what it’s like to embrace excess and transform into an actual angel.

Perry’s fashion may have been heavenly, but her getting-ready process was down-to-earth. Staying calm with a preshow massage, she managed to keep cool and collected—even when maneuvering those 10-foot-tall wings into the back seat of a vintage Rolls-Royce. Watch it unfold in the video, above.